diff --git a/lib/upload_recovery.rb b/lib/upload_recovery.rb
index ef13002d27b..53762ee5fc2 100644
--- a/lib/upload_recovery.rb
+++ b/lib/upload_recovery.rb
@@ -48,10 +48,46 @@ class UploadRecovery
     end
   end
 
+  def recover_user_profile_backgrounds
+    UserProfile
+      .where("profile_background IS NOT NULL OR card_background IS NOT NULL")
+      .find_each do |user_profile|
+
+      %i{card_background profile_background}.each do |column|
+        background = user_profile.public_send(column)
+
+        if background.present? && !Upload.exists?(url: background)
+          data = Upload.extract_upload_url(background)
+          sha1 = data[2]
+
+          if @dry_run
+            puts "#{background}"
+          else
+            recover_user_profile_background(sha1, user_profile.user_id) do |upload|
+              user_profile.update!("#{column}" => upload.url)
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   private
 
+  def recover_user_profile_background(sha1, user_id, &block)
+    return unless valid_sha1?(sha1)
+
+    attributes = { sha1: sha1, user_id: user_id }
+
+    if Discourse.store.external?
+      recover_from_s3(attributes, &block)
+    else
+      recover_from_local(attributes, &block)
+    end
+  end
+
   def recover_post_upload(post, sha1)
-    return unless sha1.present? && sha1.length == Upload::SHA1_LENGTH
+    return unless valid_sha1?(sha1)
 
     attributes = {
       post: post,
@@ -59,13 +95,25 @@ class UploadRecovery
     }
 
     if Discourse.store.external?
-      recover_from_s3(attributes)
+      recover_post_upload_from_s3(attributes)
     else
-      recover_from_local(attributes)
+      recover_post_upload_from_local(attributes)
     end
   end
 
-  def recover_from_local(post:, sha1:)
+  def recover_post_upload_from_local(post:, sha1:)
+    recover_from_local(sha1: sha1, user_id: post.user_id) do |upload|
+      post.rebake! if upload.persisted?
+    end
+  end
+
+  def recover_post_upload_from_s3(post:, sha1:)
+    recover_from_s3(sha1: sha1, user_id: post.user_id) do |upload|
+      post.rebake! if upload.persisted?
+    end
+  end
+
+  def recover_from_local(sha1:, user_id:)
     public_path = Rails.root.join("public")
 
     @paths ||= begin
@@ -93,7 +141,9 @@ class UploadRecovery
           tmp = Tempfile.new
           tmp.write(File.read(path))
           tmp.rewind
-          create_upload(tmp, File.basename(path), post)
+
+          upload = create_upload(tmp, File.basename(path), user_id)
+          yield upload if block_given?
         ensure
           tmp&.close
         end
@@ -101,7 +151,7 @@ class UploadRecovery
     end
   end
 
-  def recover_from_s3(post:, sha1:)
+  def recover_from_s3(sha1:, user_id:)
     @object_keys ||= begin
       s3_helper = Discourse.store.s3_helper
 
@@ -134,7 +184,10 @@ class UploadRecovery
             tmp_file_name: "recover_from_s3"
           )
 
-          create_upload(tmp, File.basename(key), post) if tmp
+          if tmp
+            upload = create_upload(tmp, File.basename(key), user_id)
+            yield upload if block_given?
+          end
         ensure
           tmp&.close
         end
@@ -142,8 +195,11 @@ class UploadRecovery
     end
   end
 
-  def create_upload(file, filename, post)
-    upload = UploadCreator.new(file, filename).create_for(post.user_id)
-    post.rebake! if upload.persisted?
+  def create_upload(file, filename, user_id)
+    UploadCreator.new(file, filename).create_for(user_id)
+  end
+
+  def valid_sha1?(sha1)
+    sha1.present? && sha1.length == Upload::SHA1_LENGTH
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/lib/upload_recovery_spec.rb b/spec/lib/upload_recovery_spec.rb
index 17240853400..f8e00ac4ecc 100644
--- a/spec/lib/upload_recovery_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/upload_recovery_spec.rb
@@ -34,18 +34,18 @@ RSpec.describe UploadRecovery do
     SiteSetting.queue_jobs = false
   end
 
-  describe '#recover' do
-    after do
-      [upload, upload2].each do |u|
-        public_path = "#{Discourse.store.public_dir}#{u.url}"
+  after do
+    [upload, upload2].each do |u|
+      public_path = "#{Discourse.store.public_dir}#{u.url}"
 
-        [
-          public_path,
-          public_path.sub("uploads", "uploads/tombstone")
-        ].each { |path| File.delete(path) if File.exists?(path) }
-      end
+      [
+        public_path,
+        public_path.sub("uploads", "uploads/tombstone")
+      ].each { |path| File.delete(path) if File.exists?(path) }
     end
+  end
 
+  describe '#recover' do
     describe 'when given an invalid sha1' do
       it 'should not do anything' do
         upload_recovery.expects(:recover_from_local).never
@@ -113,4 +113,32 @@ RSpec.describe UploadRecovery do
         .to eq(File.read(file_from_fixtures("smallest.png")))
     end
   end
+
+  describe "#recover_user_profile_backgrounds" do
+    before do
+      user.user_profile.update!(
+        profile_background: upload.url,
+        card_background: upload.url
+      )
+    end
+
+    it "should recover the background uploads" do
+      user_profile = user.user_profile
+      upload.destroy!
+
+      user_profile.update_columns(
+        profile_background: user_profile.profile_background.sub("default", "X"),
+        card_background: user_profile.card_background.sub("default", "X")
+      )
+
+      expect do
+        upload_recovery.recover_user_profile_backgrounds
+      end.to change { Upload.count }.by(1)
+
+      user_profile.reload
+
+      expect(user_profile.profile_background).to eq(upload.url)
+      expect(user_profile.card_background).to eq(upload.url)
+    end
+  end
 end